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Traffic is backed up near Lakeville, as several utility poles are leaning over the highway. This in the southbound lanes of U.S. 31, south of New Road and north of State Road 4. The poles apparently are for either cable or phone lines. It's unclear when they will be repaired, since this is a holiday weekend. A spokesman for the Lakeville fire department says the poles apparently were rotting at the base and began tipping.

Story was first posted at 10:51 a.m. Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The towns of Bourbon, Culver and Lakeville have been awarded federal money to offset losses from flooding during 2008. The money will be used to finish water infrastructure projects. "The communities sustained extensive damage during flooding in 2008 and completing these projects will prevent a similar setback in the future," said Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, who was quoted in a state news release.

Firefighters from the Southwest Fire Territory and Lakeville battle a house fire Monday at 64995 U.S. 31, north of Lakeville. No one was injured in the fire, which started about 11 a.m., and closed down a lane of the highway for almost three hours.

NORTH TOWNSHIP — Firefighters rescued an elderly woman from her burning home Tuesday evening in the 400 block of U.S. 31, just south of LaVille Elementary, officials said. Fire officials did not release the woman's name or age. She was found near the flames, said Chad Robertson, chief of LaPaz/North Township Volunteer Fire Department. Robertson said he did not know the extent of the woman's injuries. He said the fire started in the kitchen or bathroom. He said the woman lived in the house with her son, who was on his way home from work when the house ignited around 5:35 p.m. The fire was contained to the first floor.

LAKEVILLE -- Another case of chickenpox at a Lakeville elementary school has prompted a two-day vaccination. The Union-North United School Corp. on Monday confirmed the eighth case of chickenpox to hit LaVille Elementary School. The outbreak prompted school corporation officials to offer limited vaccinations at LaVille Elementary and LaVille Jr.-Sr. High School this week before Thanksgiving. Vaccinations are being conducted at both schools until 4 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

SOUTH BEND -- A 16-year-old boy is facing felony rape and child molesting charges for allegedly having nonconsensual sex with a 13-year-old girl late last month, according to court documents filed earlier this month in St. Joseph Superior Court. The alleged incident occurred in the early morning Nov. 27 at a home in Lakeville, according to court documents. Kody Oliver is accused of forcing the 13-year-old to have sex with him, according to court documents. The victim told police she was at a home with Oliver and others on the night of Nov. 26, according to court documents.

LAKEVILLE -- The Lakeville Town Council violated the Open Door Law when it held a Dec. 15 meeting to revoke a salary ordinance, a state official has ruled. Karen Davis, the state's public access counselor, said in a written advisory opinion that the meeting required at least 48 hours' notice because the town did not face "an actual or threatened disruption" of governmental activity. The meeting was one of three emergency sessions that Cyndi McQueen, Lakeville's clerk-treasurer, had listed in a December formal complaint she filed with Davis' office.

SOUTH BEND ? An emergency court hearing was held today to relieve Town of Lakeville Clerk Treasurer Casey Grove of his duties after felony charges were filed against him earlier this week. Grove, 30, is still at large, according to court officials, after failing to show up for his arraignment Monday. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. The elected official has been charged with residential entry, a Class D felony, and battery, a Class A misdemeanor, for allegedly attacking his girlfriend last week.

LAKEVILLE Â? Two Lakeville police officers wonÂ?t learn their fate just yet, a Town Council member said on Thursday night. ThatÂ?s because a special meeting originally scheduled for tonight has been canceled, according to Jim Halasz. The agenda items for that meeting were to be the termination of reserve office Ben Hubbard and the suspension without pay of patrolman T.J. McKee. But after meeting with town attorney Viola Woods, Halasz said the council would instead meet in public session at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Newton Center.

SOUTH BEND - A man and woman from Illinois were arrested at a Lakeville gas station on Sunday after allegedly passing out drunk in a parked van with their children in the back seat, according to court documents. St. Joseph County prosecutors have charged Keli Jo Young, 26, and Jonathan Young, 30, each with two counts of child neglect and one count of public intoxication. Around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, a Lakeville police officer found Jonathan Young slumped over the steering wheel of a parked van in the BP Gas Station parking lot on U.S. 31 in Lakeville.